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JAPAN HARBOUR REGULATIONS

Art. I. The limits of the undermentioned Ports open to foreign commerce are defined as follows:-

At YOKOHAMA: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from the Juniten (Mandarin Bluff) to the light-ship, and thence due north, to a point on the coast east of the mouth of the Tsurumigawa.

At KOBE: the barbour limits are comprised within the area bounded by two lines, one drawn from the former mouth of the Ikutagawa due south, and the other running in a north-easterly direction from the point of Wada-no-misaki.

At NIIGATA: the harbour limits are comprised within the arc of a circle, the centre being the light-house, and the radius being two and a half nautical miles.

At EBISUMINATO: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from Shiidomari-mura to Isori-mura on the outside, and a line drawn from Minotocho on the east shore of Lake Kamo to Kamomura on the north-west shore of the same lake. At OSAKA: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from a point (Tree Point) at the mouth of the Mukogawa south by west, and a line from the mouth of the Yamatogawa, the two lines cutting each other at a distance of six nautical miles from a point (Trec Point) and five nautical miles from the mouth of the Yamatogawa.

At NAGASAKI: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from Kanzaki to Megami.

At HAKODATE: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from a point off the coast, half a nautical mile south of Anoma Point, to a point on the east bank of the mouth of the Arikawa, Kamiiso-mura.

Art. II. Every vessel on entering a port shall hoist its ensign and its signal letters. Regular Mail Packets may hoist the Company's flag in lieu of the signal

letters.

The ensign and signal letters or Company's flag must not be lowered until the vessel's arrival shall have been duly reported to the Harbour Master.

Such report shall be made within 24 hours after arrival, Sundays and holidays excepted, and no Customs facilities shall be extended to any vessel until such report shali have been made.

Art. III.-Every Master on arrival in port shall prevent all communication between his ship and other vessels or the shore until it shall have been admitted to

free pratique."

Art. IV. The Harbour Master's boat will be in attendance near the entrance of the harbour, and the Harbour Master will assign a berth to every ship on enter- ing, which berth it must not leave without special permission, unless forced to do The Harbour Master may cause a vessel to change its berth, should be consider it necessary.

SO.

Art. V. The Harbour Master shall always wear a uniform when on duty and his boat shall carry a flag of the pattern prescribed.

The Harbour Master may at any time satisfy himself that his directions as regards anchorage, the movements of ships and the proper condition of moorings are carried out.

Art. VI. No vessel shall anchor in the public fair-way or otherwise obstruct free navigation. Vessels which have run out jib-booms shall rig them in at the ́ request of the Harbour Master, if they obstruct free navigation.